Ficus vasta (Amharic: ዋርካ; Warka), (Arabic: تالوقة; Talouqa) is a fig plant found in Ethiopia and Yemen.
[3] Ficus vasta is a large tree, with a massive trunk, and spreading branches whose tips form an inverted bowl up to 50 m (160 ft) in diameter.
The bark is smooth and grey, except on young branches where it is yellow-white-brown, and flaking when dry.
This process often kills the host tree and completely engulfs or covers the rock face.
It is primarily endemic to Ethiopia and Yemen, but can also be found in the Sudan, Somalia and Saudi Arabia, and into Uganda and Tanzania in the African Great Lakes region.